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Hi Russ! Thanks for the response >> What kind of differences are you referring to? << First let me define "virgin Gravel"…a rounded shape stone that has not been tumbled or abraded in a stream or river. I have a theory that this virgin gravel which covers the earth in deep beds was created by the earth expelling molten materials into the air where they cooled into globular shapes. I have studied the surfaces of virgin gravels found that the surfaces have features that IMHO could not be formed by friction and grinding….let me explain… Using tumbled polished stones as a baseline on what the surface of a ground gravel looks like i have found that While the surface features vary depending on the density of the stone and the polishing sequence they all have something in common … a curved surface plane that appears smooth. When examined closely under 10x to 40x power the surface plane is seen to include pits, scratches and rounded projections but all the features are in the curved plane. Virgin gravel on the other hand has an extremely complex surface. There is no curved plane or with none of the scratches and gouges that are found on polished stone. Instead there are glossy mirrored finishes, perfect crystalline forms, cavities with feathery crystal growths and surface textures which to me appear to be that of a cooling molten surface that shrinks into an orange peal type structure. In short completely different than the stone polished or beach type gravels. I was wondering if you have had occasion to examine virgin gravel…and if no would you? Compare the surfaces of polished stones to the virgin gravel. They are completely different. Kamron